#A8A235#A8A235

#A8A235 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.128 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A235
RGB	rgb(168, 162, 53)
HSL	hsl(57, 52%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(57, 68%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 68.5%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.30, -11.08, 54.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.30, 55.98, 101.41°)
OKLab	oklab(69.7% -0.0357 0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(69.7% 0.128 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.7125, 34.4236, 8.4468)
Luminance	0.3442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A235 #353BA8

analogous

#A86935 #A8A235 #74A835

triadic

#A8A235 #35A8A2 #A235A8

tetradic

#A8A235 #35A869 #353BA8 #A83574

square

#A8A235 #35A869 #353BA8 #A83574

split-complementary

#A8A235 #3574A8 #6935A8

monochromatic

#4B4818 #797526 #A8A235 #C8C252 #D7D380

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#A8A235 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#A8A235 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A235

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A235	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A235	1.00	2.66	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09C25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A13C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4978C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a235;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 162, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.128 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5bd73',
    500: '#a8a235',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a235;
$custom-light: #c5bd73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a235",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.87,
    "s": 52.036,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69703,
    "c": 0.12796,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A235

secondary

#787CC0

accent

#54DB4C

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A235

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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